Treleaven Wines
About
Treleaven by King Ferry Winery has been crafting fine vinifera wines and fun proprietary blends since 1988. Our flagship varietal is Chardonnay, but we produce wine for every taste and every style including Rieslings, Gewürztraminer, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Meritage!
Location Description
Located just 20 minutes north of Ithaca.
Features
- The oldest winery and vineyard on the east side of Cayuga Lake.
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History
Farming has been in the Saltonstall family for several decades – Pete’s father was an agriculture professor at Cornell University and after leaving his post, bought seven hundred acres of local farmland which was developed to raise beef cattle and a variety of grains for seed purposes. Most of the land was sold after his passing, but a small parcel of land named Treleaven Farm was kept in the family and this is now home to the vines that produce the grapes used in King Ferry’s wines.
Pete inherited the family grain farm, but in 1984, after a visit to California wine country, he decided the family farm back in upstate NY might be suitable for growing high quality vinifera vines. Thus started the Saltonstall passion for wine-making and by 1989, the first Treleaven wines were available.
Fast forward 30 years, from a modest 1,000 cases that year to the current production of 10,000 cases, the winery has grown with the Finger Lakes region.